By Lynda Carson In a celebration of the privatization of our public housing, which threatens the poor, elderly and disabled with displacement from their housing,...
Ben Forstenzer, US Uncut The major media networks have been eerily silent about the latest wave of racist violence. In the last 10 days,...
By David Register, courtesy of The Guardian On September 18, after facing off against Harvard at the (Eastern New York Correctional Facility), our debaters were...
“Michael Brown is dead, and they still haven’t arrested that policeman,” Kim Nalley sings in anguished alto tones on “Ferguson Blues,” one of two original...
By Lee Ragin, Jr. When it comes to equal opportunity for women and people of color, one would think that in a state as liberal...
Santa Clara, CA – It was no secret the Forty-niners needed this victory today. Both teams came into the matchup with a one win and four...
By Sarah Yang, UC Berkeley News Not long after Berkeley became the first city in the country to levy an excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages,...
Amid an intensifying housing crisis in Oakland, City Council President Lynette Gibson McElhaney and Councilmember Desley Brooks are speaking out against a new proposal from...
Oakland community activist Ann Nomura and her family have begun a petition calling on the City of Oakland and the Oakland Police Department (OPD) to stop...
Local Black entrepreneurs have emerged as owners of the newest Black-owned beauty supply store in Ferguson, MO following protests over the killing of unarmed Black teen,...
Black churches in Oakland are being asked to moderate their worship voices after neighbors have made noise complaints to the city about the volume of...
By Margaretta Lin In the tradition of Dr. King, Pastor Agee of Pastors of Oakland and Reverend Buford of Allen Temple remind us that housing...
Protesters began to chant when the Republican presidential candidate brought up immigration and his desire to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. Moments later,...
Eviction Protections 2.0 is now law in San Francisco, after Mayor Ed Lee decided against a veto of the legislation last Friday. After getting news...
It’s that time of year again! The 17th Annual Safe Trick-or-Treat event is coming to the University of the Pacific campus on October 28 from 4...
A new state law, AB 833 authorizes Alameda County to develop and implement a five-year pilot plan to increase access to quality early care and education.
By Stephen Ceasar, L.A. Times Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have required state education officials to develop a model ethnic studies...
The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) has released proposed preliminary revised projections for the Plan Bay Area 2040 update. Population is projected to rise...
By Sir William G. McCray, III On Saturday, October 10, at least 800,00 people converged on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the 20th...
Each Monday in Chicago, we gird ourselves for the most recent score. Not on how well the Bears, Bulls or Blackhawks, Cubs or White Sox have...
San Francisco, CA – Janet Jackson’s Unbreakable Tour rolled through the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium last night where the sold out went back down memory lane....
City leaders approved on Tuesday night an agreement with Oakland’s trash and compost service provider to reduce compost rates for businesses and restore a discount program...
At 15 years old, the young up-and-coming author Dakotah Jennifer has already written a number of books and continues to captivate readers through her...
Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond) has announced the passage of AB 768, a law that will prohibit the use or possession of smokeless tobacco products in California’s...
Open mouth, insert foot. Maybe it doesn’t happen often, but there are times when you have a knack for saying what’s on your mind at...
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